Career

Acting

McCurdy started her acting career in 2000 at the age of eight on MADtv.[5] Since then she appeared in several television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Malcolm in the Middle, Lincoln Heights, Will & Grace, Penguins of Madagascar, Zoey 101, True Jackson, VP, Law and Order SVU, Medium, Judging Amy, The Inside, Karen Sisco, Over There and Close to Home. In 2003, she had the chance to act with her inspiration, Harrison Ford in the movie Hollywood Homicide. In 2005, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series – Guest Starring Young Actress for her performance in Strong Medicine as Hailey Campos. She has also appeared in several commercials such as one for Sprint and another commercial for crossing the road safely.

She had a starring role in the Nickelodeon TV series, iCarly opposite Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress, Jerry Trainor, and Noah Munck, as one of Carly Shay's best friends, Sam Puckett from 2007 to 2012. In 2008, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her work on iCarly, and for her performance as Dory Sorenson in the TV movie The Last Day of Summer. She was nominated for a 2009 Teen Choice Award, in the Favorite TV Sidekick category for her work on iCarly. She also was cast to the role of Bertha in Fred: The Movie, a movie based on a YouTube series about Fred Figglehorn.

On December 1, 2011, she signed into United Talent Agency's cast of actors and performers for film, TV, music and other areas, to a deal starring her in a pilot vehicle. She was previously with Creative Artists Agency and Larry Galper.[6]

Music

In June 2008, McCurdy announced on her official web site that she was working on her debut album. The first single, "So Close" was released on March 10, 2009.[7] The second single, "Homeless Heart," was released on May 19.[8] The song was released in honor of McCurdy's recently deceased friend Cody Waters, who died at the age of 9 from brain cancer, and 20% of the proceeds were donated to the Cody Waters Foundation.[9] She met Cody Waters through St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In mid-2009, McCurdy signed with country music label Capitol Records Nashville.[10]

On April 16, 2010, samples of select songs from McCurdy's upcoming debut country album were released online. The song clips were released in order for fans to vote for which one they believed should be McCurdy's first single.[11] "Not That Far Away" received the most votes, and was released to country radio on May 24, 2010 and iTunes shortly after on June 1.

Capitol Nashville released an EP on August 17, 2010 which included "Not That Far Away" and four new songs, "Stronger," "Put Your Arms Around Someone," and "Break Your Heart." The iTunes version included "Me with You" as a bonus track.

McCurdy's second single, "Generation Love", was released as a digital download on March 22, 2011,[12] followed by its release to radio on April 25, 2011.[13] Capitol Nashville released McCurdy's self-named extended play on February 8, 2012[14] at clothing retailer Justice.[15] The album was released to iTunes June 1.

On July 11, 2012, Fanlala released an interview with Jennette in which Jennette confirmed that she has since left Capitol Records Nashville, saying "I’m kind of between projects right now. I actually just left Capital Records recently. I’m really just deciding what else I want to do next. Right now I’m working on my new show, and I’m just figuring out where I should take my music from here."[16]

Screenwriting and Producing

On August 13, 2014 she launched her own online show "What's Next for Sarah?". McCurdy serves as the star of the series as well as the writer of the show along with duties as executive producer and editor. McCurdy says that the show is based loosely on her life and that the character she plays, Sarah Bronson is based on her.[17][18]

Personal life

McCurdy composed an article titled, "Off-Camera, My Mom's Fight With Cancer," that was published in the Wall Street Journal on
June 11, 2011. It described in detail her mother Debra's battle with cancer and how her family coped with the situation. The article also features tips from McCurdy on living with such a situation.[19]

In addition to supporting the Cody Waters Foundation, McCurdy was active in campaigns such as stopping child soldiers (she has been involved with the Invisible Children Inc. group)[20] and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. McCurdy did a PSA for Safe Kids USA which aired on Nickelodeon and TeenNick.

McCurdy currently serves as a StarPower Ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation, encouraging other young people to commit their time, energy and resources to help other kids and working with Starlight to brighten the lives of seriously ill children.[21]

Jennette took on a dare to fit as many pieces of gum in her mouth, she was only able to fit 10 pieces of gum.

Jennette has attended five Kids Choice Awards so far.

Her favorite colors are pink and purple.

English was her favorite subject at school.

Jennette is Dutch, French,Irish,Italian, Puerto Rican and Swedish.

Most of her family calls her "Nettie" or "Net-Net," but her grandfather calls her "Scooter" because she would scoot around on her butt as a baby rather than crawl.

On set, the crew members also call her "Nettie."

Jennette is a prankster; she once convinced people on the iCarly set that her real name was Jennetteria.

Jennette says says her mother is the funniest person she knows.

Jennette loves really spicy food and once ate a raw jalapeño pepper on a dare.

Jennette has numerous pets. She has three dogs: Snoopy, Chewie/Chewbacca (Yorkshire terrier and Maltese mix), and Musashi (Jack Russell terrier), two turtles named Tootsen and Zeus and two birds; Tweety and McFly.

The name "Jennette" originated from her grandmother's middle name.

Jennette recently began watching the show Friends after music video director, Roman White, gave her some DVDs, and she is now obsessed.

Jennette normally hates reality TV shows, but she has a few exceptions, such as Dance Moms, Toddlers and Tiaras, and Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo.

Jennette comes up with various names for other celebrities she meets, such as "Cosmos" for Miranda Cosgrove, "Kressington" for Nathan Kress, and "Oreo" for Ariana Grande.

One of Jennette's favorite movies is Back to the Future, and she has watched it about 100 times.[38]

The farthest place from Los Angeles she has ever traveled to is Australia.[38]